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Veather: Becoming partly cloudy today with a slight chance of flurries. Northwest winds 10-20 mph with a high of 24. Partly cloudy tonight with a 20 per cent chance of light snow. Low of 13. Partly cloudy for the weekend with highs in the upperteensto Iower20s. November 22, 1985 UNL deans to meet discuss degree requirements By Janis Lovitt Staff Reporter Curriculum changes that could affect liberal arts requirements will be discussed at a UNL dean's meeting today, said Cecil Steward, dean of the College of Architecture. In a recent news release, UNL Chan cellor Martin Massengale said changes are needed to broaden students' prepa ration for degrees. Massengale said the university has been concerned with the amount of general courses that all UNL students take. As a result of this concern, several colleges have taken steps to change their requirements. The College of Business Administra tion announced it will strengthen its liberal arts requirements. 20 percent increase Gary Schwendiman, CBA dean, said the curriculum change will increase the liberal arts requirements for busi ness students by 20 percent. 'We have to be careful making changes. An in crease in liberal arts could mean that we would have to become a five-year college.' Dean Stan Liberty College of Engineering and Technology Business students will be required to take 36 hours of humanities, social science and natural sciences six hours more than past requirements, he said. The requirements will take effect immediately for incoming students. Schwendiman said students currently enrolled in the business college will not need to take the additional six credit hours, but they will be required Roskens outlines steps to better By Todd von Kampen Senior Reporter All parts of U.S. society should join to form "a new social compact" that would reassert the importance of higher education, NU President Ronald Roskens said Thursday in Omaha. A new commitment to higher educa tion is necessary to prepare society for the future, Roskens said. Educators, government officials, corporation and labor leaders and the public must join forces and work for their common interests to achieve that goal, he said. Roskens spoke to UNO's Academy, Business and Community Breakfast at the Holiday Inn Central. Among those attending were NU Regent Kermit Hansen of Elkhom, UNO Chancellor Delbert D. Weber, NU Medical Center Central America documented in Sheldon film series Arts and Entertainment, page 9 iX, Ce? q)) r!l irl Tn broadened to choose their remaining liberal arts courses from a selected list. The College of Agriculture also could change its curriculum, said Earl El lington, associate dean. He said agri culture faculty members have been working on curriculum revision. Agriculture students presently are required to take 26 hours of liberal arts, Ellington said. Faculty members will meet Tuesday to discuss the possi ble changes in the agriculture pro gram. Ellington said faculty members are concerned especially with com munication requirements. Although Ellington said he antici pates some changes, he said the new requirements probably won't go into effect until 1987. No engineering changes Stan Liberty, dean of the College of Engineering and Technology, said he does not expect the engineering col lege to change requirements sooa Liberty said curriculum changes are difficult to make in the college be cause the Accreditation Board for En gineering and Technology makes the curricula for the engineering colleges nationwide. Any new requirements would trigger changes in all the nation's colleges, he said. Hurt enrollment "We have to be careful making changes," Liberty said. "An increase in liberal arts could mean that we would have to become a five-year college." Liberty said he fears that the change to a five-year program for engineering would decrease the number of students enrolled in the college. Steven Hilliard, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of English, said Massengale's Committee on General Liberal Educa tion will deal specifically with changes in liberal arts requirements. Commit tee members include students and faculty members, he said. The committee will meet Dec 3 to discuss possible curriculum changes, Hilliard said. Chancellor Charles Andrews, Omaha Sen. Carol Pirsch and Gene Conley, president of Guarantee Mutual Life Co. "I believe fer vently that we must seize the mo ment to come to gether to review, revise and reaffirm those articles of faith that manifest ly preserve and enhance the coll eges and universi ties of this land," Roskens said. l A A Roskens More commitment A long-term commitment to educa tion would solve education's problems -1 University of Nebraska-Lincoln NU Credit Union buys new building From Staff Reports The NU Federal Credit Union has bought a new building and plans to move its offices in February. Credit union manager Bob Torell said that buying the former Northwest ern Mutual Life Building, 1630 Q St., will give the credit union more room and more visibility. Torell said the credit union has out grown its offices in the 501 Building. The new $360,000 building will provide 20 parking spaces, expanded services and more convenient access to the offi ces, especially for members driving from East Campus, he said. Joan Arnold, assistant manager, said the credit union has been trying to attract more university employees to become members. It seems to be successful. At the beginning of 1985, Arnold said, the more effectively than the "quick-fix antidotes" that usually are proposed, he said. For example, he said, Ameri cans asume that teacher shortages can be solved by immediate pay increases. But they refuse to pay the necessary money, he said. Roskens identified some "pillars of wisdom" that would anchor a new com mitment to education. These include: O Greater efforts to give minorities access to education. Although Ameri cans believe they have opened up society to minorities, the percentage of blacks and Hispanics who attend col lege has declined since 1975, Roskens said. O Reorganization of teacher edu cation programs that emphasize sub jects rather than methods. Tight end Frain to start for EMU Saturday Sports, page 7 t- Ui I S ,!" j i J, Jo w' credit union had about $6.5 million in assets. That number has increased to more than $9 million now, she said. "They (NU employees) are using the credit union more," she said. Torell attributes the increase to the credit union's improved marketing efforts and the state's economic condi tion. When money is tight "people tend to save more," he said. Currently, Torell said, 4,086 members have more than $9 million in assets invested in the credit union. He said this figure represents more than a 60 percent increase in membership and a nearly 400 percent increase in assets since 1978, when 2,447 members had assets of about $2.3 million. When the credit union was formed in 1937, Torell said, its 24 members had $73.87 in assets. The credit union's services include savings and checking plans, certifi education Reliable judgment "Technique is worthless if there is marginal content to transmit," Ros kens said. Development of reliable ways for college or university to judge itself. If educators do not determine how well they are meeting their schools' goal, others will tell them to do so, Roskens said. Expansion of research. Through college and university research, society can advance and faculty members can retain the "creative tension" they need to maintain their talents, he said. Pursuit for excellence by all parts of society. Besides hiring the best people and producing the best pro ducts, excellence means instilling in people "an insatiable desire to be the very best" they can be, he said. J ' ' Vol. 85 No. 64 4 Kurt EberhardtDaily Nebraskan cates, individual retirement accounts and loans, he said. Torell said an education committee is trying to establish a consumer library at the new building so consumer guides, car cost guides and other publications will be available to members. This new program would add to the list of services that has grown during the last three years. Arnold said the union added check ing accounts within the last Wz years. Also, its savings accounts were changed to money market accounts so members could earn higher interest rates on higher account balances. The credit union tries to offer com petitive interest rates, she said, but it isn't always the best deal for everyone. Arnold said the credit union has no monthly fees for checking or savings accounts. She said it charges only for such things as bounced checks. Game weather expected in 40s for OU shootout From Staff Reports Cornhusker football fans travel ing to Norman, Okla., for the Nebraska-Oklahoma game this week end shouldn't need heavy winter coats. Accord to Ton Morton, public information director at the Will Ecg?rs Airport in Oklahoma City, the wether foreecct includes potly cloudy skies with a high cf 53 ?rees ar.d a lev? cf 35 decrees on zzi there hscn't teen any sncxl in th$ Tc3i ti'ZS fcllt he
